Political Ideologies Quiz 23 (30 MCQs)

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1. What is the political ideology that advocates for minimal government intervention in the economy and individual freedom?
2. Who thought that direct public opinion would be a disaster/nightmare for the republic?
3. Government should solve problems to ensure nobody is in need, is a ..... side belief
4. Potitical ideology that is focused on conserving something.
5. This person was the father of the modern Opinion Poll
6. Public Opinion functions as this by protecting us against hasty/poorly understood decisions
7. It aims to create a classless society through the overthrow of the bourgeoisie and the establishment of a socialist or communist system.
8. In polling, a sample could BEST bes described as:
9. A group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy
10. Which Amendment led to the direct election of Senators?
11. Which of the following can be characteristics of a democracy?
12. John Arbuthnot was associated with which political ideology?
13. Spending on certain programs that is mandated, or required, by existing law, can not be adjusted by the President and Congress in a given budget year.
14. Which is correct?
15. It is a social science concerned chiefly with the description and analysis of political and governmental institutions and processes.
16. Farmers are most often represented in which ideology?
17. Conservatism is characterized by a resistant to change, adherent to limited human freedom as it chooses to maintain traditional values, and at some extreme versions, distrust to human reasoning.
18. Conserving, or saving/ spending less money, is more of a ..... side belief.
19. Critiques not only political hierarchies but also social and cultural hierarchies, including those based on gender, race, and class. The aim is to create a society that is egalitarian and inclusive.
20. A consistent set of beliefs or ideas held by groups/individuals
21. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote, used in the Jim Crow South to disenfranchise black voters.
22. A poll conducted of people coming to an event.
23. What is the basis of conservatives?
24. Which ideology would more likely believe that individuals and private companies should be free to make their own economic decisions?
25. Why might campaign funding be considered to be "corrupt?"
26. Only legitimate use of government power is to stop individuals form harming each other.
27. The presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between the Democratic and Republican Parties on a variety of issues regarding policy or beliefs.
28. What sort of system do we have in the U.S.?
29. Historically, conservatism has been the ideology of
30. Continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news organization to chart a candidate's daily rise or fall in support.